The bug has also been reported in https://askubuntu.com/questions/910341/inkscape-error-with-textext Downgrading to ghostscript 9.18~dfsg~0-0ubuntu2 circumvented it for me (Ubuntu 16.04).
The bug has also been reported in /askubuntu. com/questions/ 910341/ inkscape- error-with- textext 0-0ubuntu2 circumvented it for me (Ubuntu 16.04).
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Downgrading to ghostscript 9.18~dfsg~